>>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bob Ambroso [mailto:BAmbroso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:46 AM >>> To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: Startup fails >>> >>> >>> I have a basic squid install and I added an acl that uses a list of >>> banned sites. The list is quite comprehensive (say 7mb) and when squid >>> tries to start it chugs along then fails with kerneL out of memory.. >>> >>> The machine I am using is a PII with 384 megs of ram. When I use top I >>> can see that while it is starting squid will use most of the ram >>> (289-369 mb's of ram) till it fails... Without the text file >>> it start up >>> no problem.. I created the list using MS notepad (not sure if that is >>> what is causing the problem but thought I would throw it out >>> there..) I >>> have tweaked some of the default settings without any luck. >>> >>> \Bob >>> >>> Bob Ambroso >>> Whittier Public Library >>> 7344 S. Washington Ave >>> Whittier, CA 90602 >>> (562) 464-3452 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Robertson [mailto:crobertson@xxxxxxx] >> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:44 AM >> To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: RE: Startup fails >> >> What does kind of ACL are you using to call this file? >> "url_regex" (or >> indeed anything involving regex) would be very bad in this case. >> >> Chris >> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Ambroso [mailto:BAmbroso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:54 AM > To: Chris Robertson > Subject: RE: Startup fails > > > Indeed it is url_regex.... > What should I do to control access to banned sites using this type of > text file? > \Bob > Please reply to the list. There are others out there who may have more accurate information than I. Use dstdomain instead of url_regex. You might also want to read the FAQ section on ACLs (http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-10.html). Chris
